Transformative Principal

Naphtali Hoff is an educational consultant and coach who helps school leaders solve their biggest problems. impacfulcoaching.com/epic Understaffing is a mindset issue. They work harder to make up for it. Underestimate their own leadership impact. We have so much power within us. Develop a sustainable process where they are leading through their Expect, Pull together, Influence, Communicate Expect - Set clear targets so that everyone is focused and engaged. Pull together - Pull your team together and connect them deeply to the mission. Influence - Influence and lead those around you. Communicate - Communicate clearly and openly.   Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey   LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

Matt Shea is the Matt portion of Personalized Learning with Matt and Courtney, a podcast about, well, personalized learning. It is one of my favorite new podcasts and you can find it at plearnmc.com or in your favorite podcast player of choice! Matt is a district administrator in Maine Courtney is an instructional coach in Maine Worked in Maine for his whole career 10 schools in five communities Goal: set up same systems in schools - it didn’t work tenets of learning: applied learning How do we design that culture so that there’s a balance between kids taking advantage of their own learning and teachers providing a range of options? What teachers can provide in their place What works for you? District administrator as more of a support role Talk about the tenets a lot. “Cultivating hope in all learners” Culture is a number 1 thing for all of us. Designing a culture that involves the learners in their learning Progression of learning Social grade levels not academic grade levels Place students on an academic progression where they are, and help them move forward. Continuous flexible grouping - School building and schedules create a challenge for them. Tried to do schedules in all the same way. 15:16 We are the problem. We are the ones that have all the issues! How do we get adults to be more like kids? What’s our ultimate goal? Guiding principles: They’ll find that information when they need it! Interview with Seth Godin You don’t really fail, you just are where you are. It’s not just about the 80% of our kids that will do well no matter what, but about all the students When she’s ready to take the next step, she’ll be ready for it. End College Career Readiness Many teachers have been teachers only. The “real world“ is something different to everyone. Provide kids with the skills and attitudes. How to be a transformative leader? Design a culture in your building where it is ok to fail in a positive way. Failing upward. Failing forward. Take away some of the negative aspects of what school is. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  Tom Hoerr retired after leading the New City School in St. Louis, Missouri, for 34 years and is now the emeritus head of school. He teaches at the University of Missouri St. Louis and holds a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis he has written four books more than 100 articles including the “Principal Connection” column in ASCD’s Educational Leadership. Multiple intelligences school Formative five as interpersonal and intrapersonal. Developing it within themselves. The schoolhouse at midnight Trophy case - Plaque, most improved attendance. How does what you have on your wall recognize all the students in your school? Jethro’s attendance improvement TED talk Multiple levels of recognition. Level 1: Talk about it. Joyful Learning. Level 2: Ask kids about how they used these skills over the weekend. Level 3: Create rubrics by which we can measure kids’ success skills. Teachers choose their own groups. Teachers can quickly create rubrics for measuring these success skills. It helps kids reflect on the varying levels of performance. Help kids take ownership of their learning. Interview with Michael Shapiro about his school where they use PSS skills How to be a transformative principal? We need a dialogue with our faculty. Don’t do the formative five to kids, do it with kids! by the time we move forward, every teacher believes as fervently as I do. trhoerr@newcityschool.org Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  @AllysonApsey is the author of the book “The Path To Serendipity” This book is my heart poured out onto paper. Embracing all of the things we go through. Stumbling on the fortunes of all the experiences we go through. William Glasser’s Choice theory Need language to figure out how to communicate about that. This book for all people. Serendipity - The three princes of serendip There are beautiful things in every experience we go through. How to be a transformative principal? Be right where you are.   LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  Tom Hoerr retired after leading the New City School in St. Louis, Missouri, for 34 years and is now the emeritus head of school. He teaches at the University of Missouri St. Louis and holds a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis he has written four books more than 100 articles including the “Principal Connection” column in ASCD’s Educational Leadership. 14 years principal connection column in Educational Leadership. The principal job is so hard. There’s always more to be done, no matter how good we do it. Who you are is more important than what you know. Prepare kids for success in life, not just success in school. Been a principal long enough to see who kids became as adults There are five qualities we need to develop in students: Empathy, Self-control, integrity, embracing diversity, and grit. But how am I going to get my students’ kids to embrace this? At back to school nights and parent meetings throughout the year. 8:20: Write down the initials of people you know who you consider to be successful. Turn to your neighbors in groups of three or four. Remind parents of what is truly a success. Strategy for focusing teachers on what we want them to pursue. 3x5 card, write down the initials of 2 or 3 teachers you’ve had that are most important in your life. What did they do to make you love them? What can you do with your class that will encourage your kids to put your name down in 30 or 40 years?   Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey       LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

I’ve got three big announcements this week! My AP is moving away! So sad. That means there is a job opening at my school to be an Assistant Principal! Check it out here! The post closes May 6th. Transformative Leadership Summit 2018! Get your ticket here! Tons of interviews! Our focus is empowerment. Announcing the research of a K–12 magnet. If you want more information and want to be part of the conversation, enter your email here. LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  Brad Shreffler is the host of Planning Period Podcast, Teacher, and Tech Coach in Orlando, Florida. He is also an author and his web site is here. Thanks to our sponsor: candou.us/jethro Planning period podcast - How do we fix problems? What is the biggest problem facing education today? Truly a challenge to answer, and many different answers. Recognize that it could be better, but still work in what it is. What teachers need in professional development. Modeling. Why is modeling so difficult for leaders of professional development? Leaders haven’t been in the classroom for many years, so they are out of practice. Different skill set to do the same strategies. PD has become a dirty word. The first time you do an innovative model, it will fail miserably. Classroom management vs. engaging learners. I refuse to lecture to my teachers about the importance of not lecturing to kids. Flipped PD model - record what you need to tell them, then meet face-to-face. “This is the next thing and it will be gone.” Inherent resistance to new things. Struggle through the challenge. It didn’t work yet. Crisp meetings Stomach through the fear of failure. Have an administrator who is willing to give the feedback. You have to push for the feedback. I just don’t take myself seriously enough to get offended. How to teach someone to have an overinflated ego. Build them up. Education is fundamentally broken. If people aren’t annoyed by what I’m doing, then I’m probably not doing something worthwhile. How to be a transformative principal? Find the person who wants to change the world and give them the freedom to do it. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  Leslie Goodrum is the principal of General Tommy Franks Elementary in Midland, Texas. Her school is a pilot school for the Midland Values project, where they are attempting to improve their culture by adopting values based on authenticity, service, awareness, purpose, vision, enthusiasm, perseverance, courage, faith, focus, leadership, integrity. This is through Joe Tye’s Values Coach System Brand new campus and so setting the culture from the beginning. Crockett elementary - having accountability issues, so they were shut down. It’s not the building that makes kids successful. District wide initiative for adults, but General Tommy Franks Elementary is the first one doing it with kids as well. Every morning doing announcements, self-empowerment pledge. Pickle pledge. Each student gets a bracelet for the value of the month. Vision is the core value for January, so they try to pull it in everywhere. Encouraging parents to attend trainings as well. Pickle Pledge. Authenticity is the first value and kids are using it all throughout the year. What is the thing you have done that is the authentic you? Integrity - you’ve got to do the right thing, no matter who is watching. Pickle Pledge - our pickles are happy pickles. Did you say it or did you mean it? Until you are ready to live it, you need to stop saying it. The Values give you a framework each month. Faith and purpose are needed conversations. Foundation and a framework for helping kids set goals. Parents are very supportive of what we are doing. Discipline problems are very few. Biggest challenge is making sure the value of the month is big throughout the month. As the leader, I have to set the tone, because whatever I do, everyone will follow. It’s not a program, it’s a way of life. How to be a transformative principal? Get into your classrooms, be with your kids and teachers and be a great role model. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey   LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

Melissa Emler is the Director of Community at Modern Learning Online media company to help schools change and be better. Really powerful conversations are happening regularly. The Testing Emperor Finally has no Clothes Modernlearners.com/jethro All of the onus for learning is placed on the teacher. It is the responsibility of teachers to create the conditions for learning to happen. Communication beats compliance, every time. Learning happens through feedback and questioning. It is the student to communicate questions and understanding. Going gradeless or standards based grading doesn’t really communicate learning. We haven’t really had a conversation about what we mean by “learning”. Seymour Sarason’s “What do you mean by learning?“ People are learning when they want to learn more. It requires co-creating the curriculum Our practices do not match our beliefs. The amount of time we spend thinking, talking, planning for standardized tests. Giving prizes for testing= :( Beliefs must drive assessment. Challenge assumptions, biases and orthodoxies that influence assessment practice. Communication beats compliance, every time. Explore status quo-busting assessment solutions to provide more authentic and real-world choices. Let students learn about how they learn. Measure what matters. Invest in TRUST. So important to trust teachers to create the conditions for learning to happen. If we get to a common set of beliefs then we don’t need to pressure teachers to do well on a test. Standards and tests change based on political issues. how to be a transformative leader? Be strong in your individual beliefs. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey   LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  Dr. Will Deyamport Instructional technologist, consultant, and podcaster. Click here to learn how to be a social media ninja Everyone has a brand. Jeff Bezos “Your personal brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.“ You can’t control what other people think about you, but you can control what people see when they search for you. If someone googles you and they don’t see you, you don’t exist. Creating content can enrich your current life and your future. Twitter connects you in powerful ways. It’s about the learning, and the network you can learn from. It’s also about the building a network of people who know you and know what you can do. How to do well on Twitter: Upload a profile picture. Know your why and your what for being on social media. Be intentional with the people you follow. Use your hashtags. Share what’s going on in your world. obvious to you, amazing to others Don’t take it personally. Don’t be afraid to unfollow. Dr. Will does some courses as well, so you can get CEUs for your credits, lot of support for edtech issues. We no longer live in a world with gatekeepers. You don’t have to ask permission to do your thing. How to be a transformative Principal? Let go of the small stuff. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.